Manitoba Eco-Network is proud to host Winnipeg’s first environmental film festival. Join us for powerful and beautiful films that highlight the perils and the hope for our Earth. Friday March 12, 2010 7 – 10 pm Film Premiere “No Impact Man”, “Runaway”, & Low-Impact Reception Saturday March 13 9 am – 4:30 pm Feature Films, REEL Discussion, Eco-Displays Location: Red River College
CALL FOR PROPOSALS – Building Bridges, Crossing Borders: Gender, Identity, and Security in the Search for Peace The 8th Annual Conference of the Peace and Justice Studies Association October 1-2, 2010 Menno Simons College and the Global College Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Submission Deadline — March 15, 2010 The PJSA Program Committee invites submissions for the 2010 Annual Meeting of the PJSA,
The earthquake laid waste to much of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, including this woman's home in a shanty town on the outskirts of the city. Photo: Associated Press. By Canada Haiti Action Network, Jan. 14, 2010 Two days ago at 5 p.m. local time, a powerful magnitude-7 earthquake struck in Haiti. It was centred near the
On December 27, the Canadian Palestine Support Network, the Peace Alliance Winnipeg and Independent Jewish Voices organized a vigil at the Legislature to mark the one year anniversary of Israel’s murderous assault against the besieged people of Gaza. There were similar vigils and demonstrations around the world and in other Canadian cities to signify solidarity
Malalai Joya visited Winnipeg on November 16 and 17 as part of her 2009 cross-country tour to convince Canadians to press for the withdrawal of their troops from Afghanistan. This feisty woman packed the house at the University of Winnipeg and spoke with passion about the oppression of her people under the combined weight of the
Malalai Joya speaking at Convocation Hall, Univeristy of Winnipeg, Nov. 16, 2009. Photo: Glenn Michalchuk Malalai Joya spoke to a pack house of in Winnipeg last night at the University of Winnipeg. Three hundred people jammed into Convocation Hall to hear the Afghan MP’s passionate denunciation of the occupation of her country by NATO forces. Her
On Saturday, October 17 Canadian Mennonite University and the Institute for Community Peacebuilding hosted Dr. Norman Finkelstein in an evening of discussion on the topic “Israel and Palestine: What’s Preventing Peace”. The evening was part of its “Conversations with…” series. The tour was sponsored nationally by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East
Every August 6, citizens in thousands of communities around the world commemorate the nuclear attack on Hiroshima and rededicate themselves to the cause of peace and disarmament. In Winnipeg, a Lanterns for Peace Ceremony is conducted by Peace Alliance Winnipeg, Project Peacemakers and the Manitoba Japanese Canadians Association.
Veteran peace and social justice activist Nick Ternette is in hospital in Winnipeg. As his wife, Emily, explained in a recent email: “Nick recently developed pain in his right thigh, and on Friday night the pain became unbearable for him. After going to Urgent Care and then on to the Grace Hospital, followed by numerous
Winnipeg’s 28th consecutive annual Walk for Peace took place under a warm sun and clear blue skies on Saturday, June 13.While the turn-out of 100 people was small, it was broadly representative of Winnipeg’s diverse communities, with participants of all ages. Peace Alliance Winnipeg chair Glenn Michalchuk (right) opened the program with a tribute to longtime
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